The oldest half-time show ever! Hip hop stars with combined age of 286 stage Super Bowl spectacular
Oldest half-time show ever! Dr. Dre, Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent – who have a combined age of 286 and $983m between them – wow at Super Bowl’s first ever hip-hop show
The Super Bowl half-time show for the first time ever was a celebration of hip hop, in tribute to Los Angeles – where the game is being playedGiants of West Coast hip hop performed including Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar – all three born in the city They were accompanied by Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent, with the six multimillionaire performers having a combined age of 286The six have a combined wealth of almost a billion dollars, with Dre the wealthiest thanks to his Beats headphonesOlder millennials were overjoyed at the show, which mainly featured music from the early 2000s
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Sunday’s hip-hop-themed Super Bowl half time show was the event’s oldest ever – with its veteran performers having a combined age of 286.
Los Angeles-born Dr Dre, 56, opened the show, and was supported by his fellow Angelinos Snoop Dogg, 50, and Kendrick Lamar, 34.
The Californian trio were accompanied by Mary J. Blige, 51, Eminem, 49, and 50 Cent, 46, who was mentored early in his career by the Detroit rapper.
Dre is responsible for promoting rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Lamar. Dre also produced Blige’s No. 1 hit song Family Affair.
‘It’s crazy that it took all of this time for us to be recognized,’ Dre said ahead of the show.
‘I think we’re going to do a fantastic job. We’re going to do it so big that they can’t deny us anymore in the future.’
The show was extremely well-received on social media, with many hailing it as the best ever. Its popularity was credited to the slew of popular hits performed by the entertainers, including Dre’s Still D.R.E., Blige’s Family Affair and Eminem’s Lose Yourself.
All six performers also have a combined wealth of $983 million, although 50 Cent lost his estimated $50 million fortune after being declared bankrupt in 2017. It is unclear how much cash he’s managed to claw back since.
Eminem, 49; Kendrick Lamar, 34; Dr Dre, 56; Mary J. Blige, 51; 50 Cent, 46; and 50-year-old Snoop Dogg delighted Los Angeles with a celebration of hip hop
Mary J. Blige performed at the Super Bowl on Sunday night
The Bronx-born hip hop and soul superstar wowed in her silver sequined leotard and boots
The six musicians performed in and on a white structure built to look like a series of apartments or clubs – perfect for 50 Cent’s hit In Da Club
Eminem performed his Oscar-winning hit Lose Yourself, which featured in his film 8 Mile
Eminem takes a knee to protest police brutality at the Super Bowl half time show, while his long-time collaborator Dr Dre is on the piano
The 49-year-old was reportedly told by the NFL not to take a knee – but ignored them
Dre, 56, opened the show with his 2000 classic The Next Episode, featuring Snoop Dogg, 50.
New York-born 50 Cent then took over, with the 46-year-old performing a riotous version of his 2003 hit In Da Club.
He handed over to his fellow New Yorker Mary J. Blige, 51, who stunned in her silver sequined leotard and thigh-high boots.
She got the crowd jumping with her 2001 hit Family Affair – produced by Dre – before giving a powerhouse performance of No More Drama.
Compton-born Kendrick Lamar – the youngest of the group at 34 – then took the baton, delivering a rousing rendition of his BLM protest anthem Alright.
Eminem, 49, concluded with his 2002 hit Lose Yourself – a song which spent 12 weeks at the top of the charts, and won the Detroit-born rapper an Oscar for best song, from 8 Mile – the first hip hop song to win the award.
The rapper appeared to take a knee during the performance – something which reportedly he told organizers he wanted to do, in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and his protests against police brutality, but which the NFL told him to avoid.
At least two Rams players, safeties Terrell Burgess and Nick Scott, could be seen kneeling during the national anthem before the game. They had done on previous occasions as well.
50 Cent, born in New York, delivered a swagger-heavy performance of his 2003 hit In Da Club
The 46-year-old threw a party on stage for his hit In Da Club
Dr Dre, 56 – who produced many of the songs performed on Sunday night – is the richest of the six, with a fortune of $458 million
The show was deemed a triumph by older millennials in particular, who appreciated the music from the early 2000s.
One tweet, which was liked over 6,000 times, showed the grandfather from The Simpsons addressing a group of children. It was captioned: ‘Every 39-year old explaining to their kids why that half-time show was the greatest of all-time.’
A father commented: ‘I’ve never felt cooler in my entire life than I do right now while watching this #SuperBowl half time show and singing all the lyrics and my kids looking at me like I’m some sort of rap god!’
Another added: ‘There’s going to be a lot of kids tonight seeing who their parents really are as they’re singing along word for word during the Super Bowl Half time show.’
Journalist John Heilemann, 56, tweeted: ‘Easily — and I mean EASILY, without breaking a single drop of sweat — one of the greatest @SuperBowl half-time shows of all time. And arguably the greatest, tho I need some time to process … and refresh my memory.’
One Twitter user said: ‘That was the greatest Super Bowl half time show. If you were born in the 80s and early 90s, this one was for your childhood. Music was just different back in those days. And better.’
Another posted an image of Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw, with the caption: ‘“And it was right about then, watching Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Dr. Dre on stage at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show, that a wave of nostalgia washed over me and I realized that finally, I was old.”’
Dre – who produced several of the other rappers’ songs in Sunday’s show, through his Death Row Records label – is the oldest, at 56, and the wealthiest.
He is often described as hip hop’s first billionaire, thanks in part to his Beats headphones, divorce papers filed with L.A. Superior Court on November 18 place his net worth at $458 million, with $182.7 million of that sum in cash, $6.3 million in stocks, and $269.2 million in property and assets, including intellectual property.
He was thought to be worth significantly more – Apple bought his Beats Electronics in 2014 for $3 billion, and his stake was reportedly worth $800 million at the time.
In December, his ex-wife Nicole Young walked away from their 24-year marriage with $100 million.
Eminem is the second wealthiest, with a fortune estimated at $230 million.
Snoop Dogg, who earlier this month announced he had bought Death Row Records from the private equity firm that Dre and his partners sold to, is worth an estimated $150 million.
The comparative newcomer Kendrick Lamar, whose debut album was released in 2011, is believed to be worth $75 million, while Mary J. Blige has a fortune estimated at $20 million.
Former crack dealer 50 Cent infamously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2015, despite reports suggesting he was worth over $100 million.
He was ordered to pay $7 million to a woman whose sex tape he posted online, and was found to have been living an excessively lavish life that burned through his cash.
In 2017, he was cleared from bankruptcy proceedings having paid off the five-year plan early, with $8.7m of his own money and $13.65m he received in a recent settlement of a legal malpractice lawsuit against other attorneys.
He is now believed to be worth $50 million.
Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige during the half-time show
50 Cent stands in his ‘club’, while Mary J. Blige takes the roof with her dancers
The six performed on and in a white house, with the rappers ending up together on the roof
Kendrick Lamar, born in Compton, performs his hit Alright
Lamar, 34, is the youngest of the six performers at the half-time show
Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre are seen on stage on Sunday night
Snoop Dogg, ahead of the show, called it a ‘great moment’ that combined ‘the biggest sporting event in the world’ with hip hop, ‘the biggest form of music in the world.’
Other rap artists who have performed at previous half-time shows include Travis Scott, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Nelly and Big Boi of Outkast.
Pop-rap group Black Eyed Peas performed during half-time show in 2011.
Snoop Dogg added: ‘We appreciate the NFL for even entertaining hip hop because we know a lot of people that don’t want hip hop onstage,’ he said.
‘But we’re here now and there’s nothing you can do about it.’
